Table 1.
Adapted content of the six-week MFP programme in basketball.
| Weeks | Specific Content for Basketball |
|---|---|
| 1 | Definition of an individualized relevant focus of attention for free throw (for example, the middle of the inner-back side of the rim) to be used before each free-throw shot. Introduction to scans (i.e., ask and answer in your mind the two questions ‘What I am thinking about? What do I feel?’) and to the mindfulness sessions which were presented as focusing on breathing (10 min session in a sitting position to notice distractions and refocus on breathing). |
| 2 | Remind to use focus of attention before each free throw. Mindfulness practice: ‘focusing on breathing while sitting’ sessions. Remind to practice scans everyday. |
| 3 | Remind to use focus of attention before each free throw. Mindfulness practice: ‘focusing on breathing while standing’ sessions. Remind to practice scans and integrate it during basketball session before free throws. |
| 4 | Introduction to acceptance (notice and accept thoughts and feelings as transitory mental events). Presentation of sessions with train, cinema, and clouds metaphors (watch the train of thought/feelings, watch a movie of your mental events, watch clouds carrying your mental events). Emphasis is placed on being an observer and on considering mental events as only mental events. Mindfulness practice: ‘focusing on breathing’ sessions and acceptance sessions based on the metaphors. Request to shorten scan to 2 min and increase the number of scans at the beginning of the routine. |
| 5 | Mindfulness practice: Acceptance sessions based on metaphors and integrated mindfulness sessions, alternating focus on breathing for 2 min and playing basketball for 2 min, repeated 5 times. Request to increase the number of brief scans at the beginning of the routine. |
| 6 | Mindfulness practice: Acceptance sessions based on metaphors and integrated mindfulness sessions, alternating focus on breathing for 1 min and playing basketball for 1 min, repeated 5 times. Request to increase the number of brief scans at the beginning of the routine. |